Best gloves for steam bending

[Mark Gibney]

What are the best gloves to get for working with steam bent wood? - what type, but also any brands you have used and liked? Thanks!

[Charles Taylor]

I've just used leather welding gloves. I think mine are branded Lincoln Electric and bought from one of the Borgs.

[Mike Cutler]

I use welders gloves. They lack dexterity, and were the reason a pair of pot holders went missing from the kitchen last time I bent some wood.

[Bruce Wrenn]

The black PVC ones my gets off the lav service truck at the airport where he works. We use them to pull hot pork off the bone when doing a BBQ pig.

[Steve Wilde]

Hopefully new ones... I've done that at the airport and it ain't pretty!

[Mark Gibney]

Leather welder's gloves seem like they would be bulky, and does the leather get wet through and then conduct the heat through that wetness?

I'm hoping there is something purpose made for this.

[paul cottingham]

Orange dish washing gloves allow one to pull exceedingly hot plates out of industrial dishwashers. Cotton gloves inside would give even more insulation.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Hopefully new ones... I've done that at the airport and it ain't pretty!

What, do you want to spoil the taste?

[Mark Gibney]

Thanks Paul, maybe that's the way I'll go.

[Ryan Mooney]

Look up "blichmann gloves" used commonly in breweries around the country, they're basically heavy duty versions of the kitchen gloves.

[Greg Hines, MD]

I have never done steam bending, but they do sell silicone gloves that can handle up to 425F temperatures.

Doc

[Mark Gibney]

Thanks for the ideas. I found the Blichmann gloves locally for $12 at a brewing supply place. Plan on picking them up tomorrow.